Method of forming railway-ties.



No. 686,539. Patented Nov. l2, I901.

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. METHOD OF FORMING RAILWAY TIES.

(Application filed Aug. 7, 1901.)

(No Modal.)

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DONALD G. ROSS, OF BEAVERTON, MICHIGAN.

METHOD OF FORMING RAILWAY-TIES.

$PEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,539, dated November 12, 1901.

Application filed August 7, 1901. Serial No. 71,284. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DONALD G. Ross, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaverton, in the county of Gl-adwin and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Forming Railway-Ties, of which the following is a I specification, reference being had therein to View of the finished tie in readiness for use.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a timber of similar configuration to but of. greater dimensions than the timbers shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 2, showing the form of the timber after the first step is taken. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the tie-sections formed from the timbers shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the finished tie.

The reference-letter A designates a timber, which may be preferably eight by eight inches square, this size being convenient for the formation of two ties. Each corner of the timber is beveled, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2. The timber is then sliced or severed in a plane indicated by the dotted line a in Fig. 2, extending through the center of the timber and two diagonally opposite corners. The finished tie is illustrated in Fig. 3.

From this method of forming ties it will be observed that from an ordinary timber of a size corresponding to the size of the usual tie two ties are formed, the rails being adapted to rest upon the face B of the tie. It will also be observed that this face is of the required width of the standard railway-tie and that the said width may be increased or diminished as may be desired by the degree of beveling the corners b b of the timber.

In Fig. 4 the timber is shown of a size preferably fourteen by fourteen inches, which size is convenient for the formation of four ties. The corners of the timber referred to are beveled, as before described and as indicated in Fig. 5. The timber in-this case, however, is sliced or severed in two planes extending through the center of the timber and through each pair of diagonal opposite corners, as indicated by the dotted lines o and d in Fig.5.

0 designates one of the four tie-sections produced from the timber of the dimensions shown in Fig. 4. In completing this tie for use the apex D of each section is beveled along the dotted line indicated by the reference-letter and the finished tie is illustrated in Fig. 7.

From the method as thus set forth it Will be readily seen that the plurality of ties having rail-faces of the required width can be formed from asingle timber, and thus the cost of production of ties is reduced to a minimum.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The herein-described method of forming railway-ties from square timbers which consists in first beveling the corners of the timber, and in then severing the latter in a plane extending 'throughits center and through the centers of two diagonally opposite corners,

substantially as described.

2. The herein-described method of forming railway-ties from square timbers, which consists in first beveling the timber-corners, in then cutting or slicing the timber into sections by severing the timber in planes extending through its center and through the centers of each pair of diagonally opposite corners, and finally beveling the apex of each section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DONALD G. ROSS.

Witnesses:

L. J. WHITTEMORE, M. B. ODoennrrrr. 

